Bishop's Stortford Town Cricket Club Centenary 1925
British Pathé video newsreel film
By Richard Brockbank
Here is a fascinating silent piece of footage from British Pathé, documenting the Cricket Club’s centenary match. Period costumes, a coach and horses, curtsying women in bonnets, gentlemen taking snuff, and players batting without pads are all on view. The shotmaking isn’t of the quality we might expect today, but there is certainly a grandeur about the scenes portrayed.
Click on the image on the right to play the clip.